Topeka Metro will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 28, 2024.

Topeka Metro will operate Limited Holiday Service on Friday, November 29, 2042. Lift service standing orders do not apply and are cancelled on this day.  Lift riders must call in advance to reserve a ride, if needed.

The Fixed route is hourly service with usual weekday timepoints. The #6 SW 6th runs every 30 minutes. 

To view the full schedule for November 29th with the First Bus Departing Time and the Last Bus Departing Time, CLICK THIS LINK.

Topeka Metro is offering free rides on all fixed routes only on Monday, November 11, 2024, in honor of Veterans Day. A valid military ID must be presented to the bus operator when boarding.

The following means of proper identification must be shown in order to ride free:

     1. Common Access Card (CAC)
     2. Kansas Driver's License with "VETERAN" stamp
     3. Uniformed Services ID Card
     4. DD214
     5. Veterans Identification Card (VIC)

Topeka Metro regularly honors the veterans in our community by providing free transportation on Veterans Day. We thank all veterans for their service to our country. 

Topeka Metro provides free rides on national election day to help people who may not have transportation so that they can exercise their civic duty to vote.

Topeka Metro is offering free rides for all fixed route passengers and two rides for the day for paratransit passengers. Lift users must schedule their trip in advance. Idle riding passengers (riding more than one complete route without deboarding) is not allowed.

The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Topeka Metro buses operate from 5:40 a.m. to 6:40 p.m. Please note that bus operators are not responsible to know where your polling location is. Call our customer service at 785-783-7000 for assistance in finding which bus route to take to your voting place. We also recommend that if you are voting later in the day, try to vote by 5:30 p.m. so that you have enough time to vote and get to your return destination before buses stop operating for the day.

Check the Shawnee County Election Office website for your polling location: https://www.snco.gov/election

TOPEKA, KAN. (October 7, 2024) -- Topeka Metro introduces a new real-time bus tracker that allows passengers to learn the location of any bus and route from a desktop or mobile phone. The service, called My Transit Ride, is replacing DoubleMap, which was the previous bus tracker that had been in place since 2019. My Transit Ride does not use an app, but rather a web link that is on Topeka Metro's home page of the website. Passengers can bookmark the link on their preferred browser or pin it to the home screen on their mobile phone or computer. 

"My Transit Ride will be more reliable because it is housed on Topeka Metro's website," said General Manager Bob Nugent. "Once a passenger accesses the system on their phone or computer, they can enter a bus stop number, an address or search by route. Tapping on the bus icon provides information about that specific bus and by tapping on a bus stop, provides the estimated arrival time."

Passengers can also receive predicted arrival times as well as notifications such as detours, general service announcements, weather-related issues and more.

Nugent said that a QR code posted at the bus station and on the buses can be scanned to make it easier for passengers to access the web link. The My Transit Ride link is https://topekametro.mytransitride.com. For questions, customer service is available at 785-783-7000 for assistance.

Due to a gas line running under Quincy Street to SE 10th Avenue, repairs on Quincy Street in front of the bus station will be blocked off for four to five weeks.

Topeka Metro buses will not be able to exit the Quincy Street lot going south, so those buses will need to drive through the pedestrian crosswalk from the QSS lobby to the island. Passengers need to stay vigilant and make sure that they are not in the path of the buses if they are departing.

When passing through the crosswalk area, be sure to look for incoming buses and give the bus operators plenty of room. Signage is inside the lobby as well as the shelters and on the island in the QSS lot. 

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Work is expected to last until the end of October 2024.

ALL area high school students with a valid 2024-25 student ID can ride the Topeka Metro bus! When a student boards the bus, they need to show their student ID to the bus operator in order to ride free. Topeka Metro is pleased to help our community in making sure that students have a way to get to school, work or other important destinations.

If your student doesn't know where to board at a bus stop near you, please call Topeka Metro customer service  at 785-783-7000 and someone will assist you.

NOTE: High school students are required to pay to ride until they have a current student ID to show the bus operator when boarding. Thank you!